NEXT Steps Creates New Crunchbase Profile In Preparation for Seed Funding Round

ATLANTA - April 18, 2022 - PRLog -- Community On Demand™ is quickly becoming a fun, innovative and highly-interactive approach towards helping learners at any age how to quickly define, measure, build and name up to 63 of the high-demand employability skills needed for success in life, business and career. Learn more at https://nextstepsyep.org

Our Statistics
Startup Donations/Investments Received To Date: $30,000
Secured $250,000 Line of Credit with Riviera Financial
Total Sales To Date: $35,000
No. of units sold: 500+
No. of students reached: 1,000+
No. of counties/school districts currently integrating Community On Demand™: 3 (Paulding, Fulton and Cobb)
No. of organizations currently piloting Community On Demand™: 7
No. of universities currently piloting Community On Demand™: 3 (UMKC, Morehouse, Auburn)

Business Development/Most Recent Accomplishments

• Became a registered, self-published game development company with trademarked, protected and branded products
• Launched the  Community On Demand™ virtual connections mentoring platform (powered by Nepris); 600+ students reached
• Conducted Community On Demand™ skills self-assessment and leadership development workshops with The Bridge Pre-Apprenticeship Program for Fulton County Schools, NAPA Automotive Training Course at City of Refuge (adults), Georgia AgriTeens of The Georgia Chapter of the National Women In Ag Association,
• Conducted Community On Demand™ professional development workshops  with AZA Group (business) and Paulding County School District Teachers
• Hosting business leadership, economic and career development courses this spring and summer 2022 with the Liberated Minds Black Home School Network, Atlanta CARES STEM EnRICH Summer Academy @ Morehouse College and the aSTEAM Village Digital KC NOW broadband initiative.
• Partnering with ProtoATL and Dr. Ian Mercer (Auburn University) to co-design a collegiate version of  Community On Demand™ for college level Human Resource Management courses
• Working with the Douglas County Community Service Board and the Premier Outreach Foundation (Cobb County) to develop a behavioral health version of  Community On Demand™ for re-entry and disability populations

Funding Goals & Anticipated Outcomes
My goal now is to create a Crunchbase profile, launch another Kickstarter campaign, and re-claim my crypto-currency token in order to raise the remaining $220k needed to:
1) scale up my sales, marketing and training activities,
2) hire 3 full-time staff, and
3) complete development of the Community On Demand™ mobile app prototype with Georgia Tech computer science students by the end of this school year.

Target Markets:
Fulton County 107 schools, 93,897 students
Cobb County 111 schools, 112,097 students
DeKalb County 140+ schools, 93,000 students
Paulding County, 33 schools, 29,966 students

Anticipated no. of units sold: 5,000 - 10,000  (next 6-9 months)
Avg cost/unit (range): $49 - $150
Projected revenue (range): $245,000 - $1.5MM

For more info, email us at info@nextstepsyep.org